Shifty and Graeme's Big Blog Adventure: The Review

Now that Shifty has recovered following a bully evening out, and the £50 million required for Graeme's bail has been paid, these two intrepid pundits can finally tell the story of Shifty and Graeme's Big Blog Adventure:

Wednesday, 25th November: 7:30am
Shifty wakes up. Immediately texts Graeme, fearing that he may have slept in. Turns out Graeme has been up for hours, drinking tea and watching childrens' television

8:30am
Shifty and Graeme meet at Stirling Train Station. Shifty is wet and cold. Graeme has a sausage roll and a huge cup of tea. Shifty opts for a smaller cup of tea. All aboard the 08:44 Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street!

9:15am
The train rolls into Glasgow Queen Street. As their train to Manchestoh does not depart until 10:10am, Graeme suggests a trip to the Apple store. After in-depth discussion about how opening an Apple store in Aberdeen dilutes the Apple brand value somewhat, they discover that the store is closed. After falling off a lorry, a giant ball, not dissimilar to the orb that tends to be portrayed in sci-fi films, nearly kills Shifty and Graeme in broad daylight, in the middle of Buchanan Street.

9:40am
Shifty and Graeme get sandwiches at Glasgow Central Station, providing Graeme with the first photo opportunity of the day (photo 1 on the photo post, which will follow).

9:55am
Shifty and Graeme board the 10:10 to Manchester Airport. Much to Shifty's dismay, a couple of no-good hoodlums are in Shifty and Graeme's reserved seats. Fortunately, Graeme intervenes, and finds a table elsewhere on the train, and they settle in for the journey.

11:00am
The journey provides another couple of photo opportunities, with both pundits taking a picture of their reading material for the journey (photos 2 and 3 on the photo post).

12:45pm
Much to the dismay of the train passengers, an announcement comes on that the rear 3 carriages of the train (where Shifty and Graeme are located) will be taken out of service at the next stop, Preston. At Preston, cue a mad dash for seats at the front of the train. Shifty courageously ducks and dives through the crowds and finds a twosie (two seats next to each other) free for himself and Graeme. Result. At this point, the two bloggers hear the shrill of 14 half-cut Dundonian nurses, cackling and reeking of their 4 pints of Somerfield own brand wine. Graeme chats them up.

1:25pm
Shifty and Graeme arrive at Manchester Oxford Road station and expertly negotiate the route to their hotel. Much to Shifty's dismay (and Graeme's delight) they find themselves booked into a double room- mercifully for Shifty, a very pleasant young lady wishes to swap rooms, and the two bloggers are spared the prospect of spending the night in the same bed. On arriving in the hotel room, they take another couple of photos (photos 4 and 5) and have a cup of tea while watching Scrubs.

3:30pm
Shifty and Graeme go for a dawnder around town, and admire the sights of Piccadilly Gardens, where the Rangers fans all kicked off last time. They partake in the consumption of a couple of pints in a Wetherspoon's (photos 6 and 7) before boarding the number 256 bus, and heading off to the match!

Keep checking back for the photos, and an update on how the Harry Ramsden's went!